A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 288 New Expansion

Afterwards, Lu Cheng found a total of four spies hidden among the recruits in the training grounds of the second and third battalions.

Among these four spies, only one was a Japanese who was proficient in Chinese, and the other three were traitors.

The Japanese spy was quite tough. After being caught, he tried every possible way to commit suicide. He was severely tortured by several veteran soldiers, but he still couldn't say much useful information. Finally, he was dragged out and tied to a pillar, where he was used to be shot at by new recruits to train their courage.

As for the three traitors, they soon couldn't stand the torture and confessed everything, but they didn't know much information.

According to the three traitors, the Japanese set up a special training class to train some traitors, who entered the East Coast through various means and infiltrated the garrisons in various places on the East Coast, taking the opportunity to obtain intelligence or create chaos at critical moments.

The inexplicable defeat of Yu Xiaoqing's group was actually related to a spy.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng, Long Wenjian and others developed a series of preventive strategies to screen the new recruits and ensure that no spies would sneak in.

After a busy day's work, it was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

When Lu Cheng returned home and knocked on the door, Chen Xiaozui, who had been waiting for a day, immediately opened the door and rushed in.

"Brother Lu Cheng, I miss you so much."

"Silly girl, I missed you too. Let's go inside first. I've been busy all day since I came back and haven't had a good meal yet."

"Come on, I'll go heat up some food for you. Ever since I knew you were back, I wanted to go to the barracks to find you, but I was afraid of delaying your work, so I prepared food and waited for you at home."

"Silly girl, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"I'm not hungry."

Just as Chen Xiaozui finished speaking, his stomach growled loudly and he blushed with embarrassment.

Lu Cheng closed the door, picked up his beloved girl, walked around in the yard, and then returned to the house to have a good meal.

After dinner, there was naturally a popular after-dinner entertainment activity that was not suitable for children. The new bed that had just been built a few months ago made a creaking sound at night, scaring the passing cats to flee in panic...

The day after Lu Cheng returned, the entire 42nd Brigade became busy. New conscription notices, as well as recruitment notices from the Logistics Department and the field hospital, were posted in Zenda and the surrounding towns and villages.

Those who had just returned from training at the Ramgarh training camp were also reassigned and became officers at all levels of the 42nd Brigade.

The newly established logistics company and engineering company are also selecting personnel to form their units, and it is unknown what quality the soldiers sent from above will have.

Fortunately, after several months of training, all the structures of the 118th Regiment have been established, and it is not difficult to expand it into a brigade.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also selected a group of capable members from each regiment and prepared to send them to the Ramgarh training camp for training.

A few nights later, Lu Cheng and Chen Xiaozui did their usual after-dinner recreational exercise. Chen Xiaozui collapsed in Lu Cheng's arms, his whole body weak, and said happily, "Brother Lu Cheng, I want to...I want to help you."

"Oh? What do you want to help me with?"

"Isn't your army short of nurses and support personnel? What can I do? I'm very strong now, and I can shoot very accurately. Even if I can't be a nurse, I can still fetch water, chop wood, and cook."

"Little fool, I can't bear to see you so tired. Just stay at home and help me wash clothes and cook. As for the rest, you don't have to worry about it."

"But... I just want to help you. You are so busy every day, sometimes you stay in the barracks for two or three days, I can't see you, and there is nothing to do at home. Why don't you find me some work..."

As he spoke, Chen Xiaozui's hands were still not quiet...

"Hiss... just keep your words, but keep your hands still. Be careful or you'll be the one begging for mercy."

"That's not necessarily true..."

As he spoke, Chen Xiaozui lowered his head...

The sky cleared up, the rain stopped, and someone felt that he was fine again.

But in the end, with strong winds and heavy rains, and huge waves washing away the sand, Chen Xiaozui, who wanted to turn things around, ultimately failed to make any waves...

Of course, Lu Cheng also found a job for Chen Xiaozui in the logistics department that was neither too light nor too heavy, so that she would have something to do and wouldn't have to stay at home doing nothing all day, thinking about all kinds of things.

Today, Chen Xiaozui has more than 14 points of physical fitness, and as his physical fitness has improved, the coordination of his hands and feet has also greatly improved, and he can indeed do a lot of work.

Moreover, Lu Cheng specially arranged a knowledgeable female supervisor from the logistics department to be responsible for teaching Chen Xiaozui culture.

Chen Xiaozui followed his brother in military service and learned some cultural knowledge, but his level was not high and he only knew some common characters.

A few days later, the troops allocated by the superiors to the 42nd Brigade arrived one after another. Some of these troops were defeated soldiers who were defeated on the battlefield in the Central Plains, just like Meng Fanle, Bula, and Yaoma before.

There were also many new soldiers recruited from all over the country, some of whom were even conscripted men. Many of them were even half-grown children of 13 or 14, 15 or 16 years old.

The war has been going on for more than 10 years. Too many people have died on this land of China. The proportion of young and middle-aged people has been greatly reduced, and some half-grown children have also been drafted into the army.

Seeing this situation, Lu Cheng did not send away the young men who were conscripted or the underage children.

Now there are wars everywhere, enemies everywhere, and conscription everywhere. Even if Lu Cheng is kind enough to send those able-bodied men back to their hometowns, they may still be conscripted again.

As for those children, at least they are much better off here with Lu Cheng than anywhere else.

At the very least, Lu Cheng will do his best to keep them alive and help them win battles, rather than sending them to the battlefield at an ignorant age and without training.

Over the next half month, the superiors sent another two to three thousand soldiers, and Lu Cheng's entire brigade expanded to more than 6500 people.

The superiors also allocated a batch of weapons and equipment to Lu Cheng, mainly the Zhongzheng rifle, the Czech light machine gun, and the Min-24 Maxim heavy machine gun.

As for artillery, they only gave some grenade launchers and 60mm mortars.

When they were in a regiment, Lu Cheng's subordinates had very good equipment. Now that they have expanded to a brigade, the average equipment level has become worse.

Especially those Zhongzheng rifles given above, their craftsmanship level is obviously not as good as the early Zhongzheng rifles, and the range and accuracy of the guns have been significantly reduced, and the effective range is about 200 to 300 meters.

In fact, this was because the Hump Route had just been opened not long ago, and various materials in China were still in short supply. Even the quality of steel used to produce guns could not be guaranteed.

Seeing this situation, Lu Cheng prepared to lead his troops to the other side again and bring back a batch of weapons and equipment.

Takeuchi Renzan across the street must have been feeling a little comfortable recently, so it would be better to let this old guy have more nightmares.

After considering the current situation, Lu Cheng decided to bring more people across the river this time.

Of course, before crossing the river, Lu Cheng expanded the special operations team by selecting personnel from the entire brigade and expanding the special operations team into a special operations platoon.

As for the platoon leader of the special operations platoon, Lu Cheng also had a suitable candidate, who was also a Henan University student who had just completed training at the Ramgarh training camp and was also Lu Cheng's fellow villager, named Xia Chen.